7.6 The Province (Local Road Safety component)
The duties of the province with regard to scholar patrols involves the following :
- determining the need for a scholar patrol applied for in conjunction with the traffic authority;
- registration of the school and crossing(s);
- ensuring that the application form (SP1) and (SP3) has been correctly completed by all the relevant parties;
- distributing copies of the registration of the school and crossing(s) to the school and the traffic authority;
- dealing with all queries or requests from schools and authorities;
- training of traffic officers and/or educators;
- supplying of all scholar patrol equipment to the relevant schools and new patrols through the traffic authority;
- regular inspection of all schools and crossings to determine whether scholar patrols are operating in accordance with regulations;
- maintenance of up-to-date records of all registered schools and crossings.